The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-07
Mad River Valley Fair.

The annual fair of the people of Mad river
valley opened i'm Waitsfeld on Wednesday,
August 31st, with beautiful weather, an excel
lent show and a fair attendance for the first
day. The stock interest seems to center
chiefly i'm horses and Short-horn cattle, for
which the valley is so justly celebrated. At
no fair we attend are finer cattle to be
seen, and especially in steer calves is the
superior excellence noticeable, and sales at
fancy prices are made here every year. The
show of cattle is a very creditable one,
though less in numbers than the horses.
First in line come the
DUTCH CATTLE.
L. II. Joslin of Waitsfeld exhibited
twenty head of these cattle. The herd is
headed by the three-year-old bull Jack"
weighing 1850 pounds. Eight cows, four
yearling heifers and seven calves, with five
dairy COWS, complete the herd. George
A. Holley had two bulls-one thirteen
and one seventeen months old - which
comprised the exhibits in this class.
DEvoNs.
Edwin House of Waitsfeld exhibited his
wel-known herd of Devons-the best in
the valley If not in this part OF the state
consisting of two cows two two-year-old
heifers, two yearling heifers, two bull calves,
one heifer calf and a pair of steer calves.
Mr.. House has sold from his herd, so he will
not be able to fill class at the state fair.
sHoRT-HoRNs.
While there were no full herds on the
grounds, the exhibit of animals of this breed
was meritorious in individual cases. Julius
Palmer of Waitsfeld exhibited handsome
pair of red and white steer calves, two
heifer calves, two two-year-old heifers and
one yearling heifer and one bull calf.
Stephen Nelson of Fayston had fine roam
and white yearling bull. William and NJ.
A. Palmer had pair of yearling steers and
a heifer of the same age. John Waterman
had a three-year-old bull, o. 5. Joslyn,
showed the handsome two-year old bull
:" Earl of Darlington" bred by j. S. Will
liams of Canada.
sHoRTHoRN GRADES, DUTCH AND
JERSEYS.
In Short-horn grades there was a large
exhibit. l.. Il. Joslyn had two yearling
hefers and two pairs of yearlng steers.
Mr. Joslyn also made an exhibit OF Dutch
cattle, thoroughbreds and grades, eighteen
head in all, comprising cows, heifers of diff
ferent ages and calves. George a Holley
had two bulls, seventeen and thirteen
months old. Otis Wallace had three grade
Short-horn cows, which looked like good
mixers. A. b. Stockwell exhibited five
grade JERSEYS, which showed good milking
signs. Il. A. Fisk had some pure-bred
Jersey hefers one and two years old and
! one grade Jersey COW. l.. NJ. Learned had
! a full-bood two-year-old heifer and also a
! grade of the same age and a pretty calf. III
| the Short horns and Dutch are dmired for
their size the Jerseys must be for their deli
| cate beauty.
WORKING OXEN.
The exhibit of working oxen was large
and of excellent quality, comprising twenty
four yolSes of oxen and steers. G. f. Eddy
had good pair of heavy cattle, square built
and in good condition. Richard Brown OF
| North Fayston had an older pair, larger
framed but not in ~ good condition. Josiah
Holden had likely pair of dark-red two
year-old steers, which were well matched
| f. w. Bisbee of Moretown had very hand.
some yoke of cattle, very closely matched
in color and horns, though the off one was
the larger Except for that the match would
be perfect. Samuel Somerville of DuXbury
had pair of r-years-olds, larger and wei
matched These were the two handsomest
pairs on the grounds. The steer calves
broken to yoke were present but were moi
exhibited as trained steers.
HORSES.
The exhibit of horses was very extensive
and of excellent character. The number
prevents cataloguing of all of them. We
counted over eighty head of the various
classes and ages down the line outside thu
stables. The proportion of brood mares ant
colts and young horses was large, showing
an increasing attention to the raising Of
good horses The grand cavalcade of horses
was largely composed of stations, with thei
progeny. Abraham" the noted son o
% Daniel LAMBERT" twenty-five years old
owned by George o. Boyce of Montpelier
headed the line, and attracted the creates
attention. There was no young horse il
the whole line which showed more spirit
intelligence, style and grace than this ole
horse, while none of them showed such
fine and noble head and neck as he. ii
was followed by the noted horse of tn
valley, Phil Sheridan" owned by l.. r
Joslyn of Waitsfield and followed by
numerous and excellent family of variou
, ages after which came Harvester, Jr.,
owned by Stevens x Hale; " John Black
stone," Nathan Thayer of Warren owner
! and Fleetwood" owned by j. l., Palmer
: : all of which were followed by their families
: which embraced about all OF the eight
animals named These stations, with thei
get were all awarded the same prizes
? " Phil Sheridan had perhaps the larges
number of colts present and his owner,
r II. Joslyn, made the largest personal eXhib
5 in this class as well as in cattle, shown
, twenty-five head, though not all of " Phi
t Sheridan " stock, as he had several colt
S sired by " Wedgewood," some of whic
g drew first premium in their classes.
i handsome and stylish stallion is the five
: year-old horse John Blackstone" owne
by Nathan Thayer of Warren This hors
& is a rich mahogany bay, shading into brown
q 16 hands, of good action, and Shove
!. on the track 2: 464. He has never been
h the hands of professional trainer, and hf
" been in service all summer. MI. lnayt
2 also showed o-year-old gelding sired b
3 " Blackstone standing 15.l weighing 81
pounds. There We're twelve other sturd
: colts of different ages of Blackstones 81
r. ing showing good size, and large legs.
= brood mare and colt owned by b. Henness
n of Moretown took the first prize. The co
h was sired by Wards LAMBERT" dal
= "Nellie WAIKIKI by "Young Waikiki
e Nellie " took the first premium as sue
l. ing colt at the state fair, and the same as
a yearling colt at subsequent state fai
h Blood will tell and the colt showed GOO
= speed. The premiums on horses were
y follows: Sucking colts-First, b. Henness
"a of Moretown, on colt sired by Ward
ia Lambert;" second, l.. X, Joslyn, on &C
Il sired by " Wedgewood" Yearlings-Firs
- l.. r. Joslyn, on colt sired by Wedg
n wood; " second, Julius Palmer. YeariI
IN stallions-First, l.. r. Joslyn, on colt " She
To- rywood," sired by " Wedgewood; secon
Henry Chapman, on colt sired by " Auctio
eer," who is owned by H. S. Town of MOI
"a pelier, Two-year-olds-Firs l.. r. Jt
Ut Ign, on colt sired by Wedgewood
ne second, j. II. Williams of West Braintre
s. on colt sired by Blackstone" Two-yei
o. old stations First, Chandler & Kirkla
he of MiddleseX, ON colt sired by " Tattersall
w Three year-old stations - First, Geor
is Hastings, on colt sired by :" Draco Prince
~ Two-year. olds-First, j. r. Palmer, on c.
u, by Fleetwood" second, Samuel Rollst
sn of Warren, on " Harvester, Jr."
eel THE RACES
in Wednesdays races were called at o